Crime Violence and Security in the Caribbean

<p>Security challenges pose significant hardship for citizens of Caribbean nations. Public safety is threatened by high rates of crime – especially violent crime – in much of the region the plague of the illicit drug trade transnational organized crime gangs the current global proliferation of crimes of terrorism and related violent extremism and radicalization. The situation diminishes morale among the youth their education and their future and operates as a major push factor. </p><p>Yet surprisingly there has been a scarcity of scholarly work that addresses these conditions. This interdisciplinary volume succinctly responds to the gap in criminological and security studies on the Caribbean by drawing attention to the understudied nexus of crime violence and security that is so pervasive in the region and the ways in which underdevelopment re/creates environments for insecurity.</p><p>The book is organized in three parts:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Part one encompasses conceptualizations of crime violence and punishment. </li> <p> </p> <li>Part two takes up country cases on crime and security. </li> <p> </p> <li>Part three addresses issues of regional security both public and private.</li> </ul><p>This timely volume will be valuable reading for scholars students practitioners and policy makers who share a critical interest in the scope impact and inter-relationality of crime violence and in/security in the region.</p>